Humboldt County as a Renewable Energy Secure Community : Economic Analysis Report
Title | Humboldt County as a Renewable Energy Secure Community : Economic Analysis Report PDF eBook |
Author | Steven C. Hackett |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Energy conservation |
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Humboldt County as a Renewable Energy Secure Community
Title | Humboldt County as a Renewable Energy Secure Community PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Zoellick |
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Pages | 112 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Electric power transmission |
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Humboldt County as a Renewable Energy Secure Community : Resource and Technology Assessment Report
Title | Humboldt County as a Renewable Energy Secure Community : Resource and Technology Assessment Report PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Zoellick |
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Pages | 222 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Energy conservation |
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Repowering Humboldt with Community-scale Renewable Energy
Title | Repowering Humboldt with Community-scale Renewable Energy PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Zoellick |
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Pages | 176 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Biomass energy |
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Exploring Renewable Energy Futures in Humboldt County Consistent with the Goals of California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard
Title | Exploring Renewable Energy Futures in Humboldt County Consistent with the Goals of California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard PDF eBook |
Author | Amin M. Younes |
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Pages | 124 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Renewable energy sources |
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Humboldt County has abundant wind, solar, and biomass resources, but has made limited progress towards the state’s 2045 requirement of 100% clean electricity. A recently rejected onshore wind project showed that technically and economically viable projects can fall to social and political challenges, emphasizing the need for social considerations in renewable transitions. I therefore integrated community members’ preferences into modeling of RPS-consistent renewable energy scenarios in Humboldt County. My model suggests that offshore wind, utility-scale solar, distributed solar, and biomass power are technically and economically viable sources of significant local generation at varying costs. In interviews with energy-engaged residents, I observed divergent normative conceptions of Humboldt County’s energy future despite climate change mitigation through renewables growth being unanimously desired. Some envisaged a future of minimally intrusive distributed solar, while others support projects at a scale that would transform Humboldt County into “the Silicon Valley of wind energy.” These opinions frequently overlaid conceptions of appropriateness and efficiency, for example, preferring offshore wind over cheaper utility-scale solar because Humboldt County’s wind resource abstractly overshadows its solar resource. Participants prioritized projects which best use Humboldt’s resources. Because some support exclusively distributed solar while others believe it to be technically infeasible, a thorough study of distributed resource potential could help create the shared understanding necessary for productive discourse and concerted political effort against climate change. Continuous discussions among stakeholders could create a permission space for energy infrastructure and avoid wasting time and money on projects inconsistent with social and political desires.
Demonstrating a Secure, Reliable, Low-carbon Community Microgrid at the Blue Lake Rancheria
Title | Demonstrating a Secure, Reliable, Low-carbon Community Microgrid at the Blue Lake Rancheria PDF eBook |
Author | David Carter |
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Pages | 228 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Distributed generation of electric power |
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Community Choice Aggregation
Title | Community Choice Aggregation PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Landau |
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Pages | 296 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Electric power |
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